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Fact of the day: Wiener are strictly called Frankfurter in Vienna because their inventor was a German who moved to Austria.
Currywurst is something that I find kinda meh every time I eat it and yet I am always craving it
Where do you get yours? I've been disappointed by some Currywurt dishes, too. I think there are lots of factors for a good Currywurst, but when you've got old friends and a cold beer at one of the parties in your hometown together, it often is okay...
Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?
Likely because the German ie is not at all pronounced like in pie, but some English ei like in reimbursed aren't that far off. Roughly as close as the German Ei (noun) comes to the English ie in piej off, but not that far off. So it's kind of symmetric. Makes me wonder if there are any English words where we Germans are prone to do that flip?
https://www.learnenglish.de/pronunciation/pronunciationpoem....
Fact of the day: Wiener are strictly called Frankfurter in Vienna because their inventor was a German who moved to Austria.
e.g. https://www.emporiopt.ch/content/uploads/2021/08/salsichanob...
Those sound delicious! I wish there were a way to get them, other than buying a car (I like VWs, but don't need one). [UPDATE]: Maybe you can get them separate: https://e-center-knauer.edeka-shops.de/en/all-products/chill...
I'm sure they only heard that joke few hundred times
Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?
ie and ei is a homophone?
Eisenhower (US President). Ai-suhn-hau-ur
VS
Riesling (grape variety). Ree-sluhng
But, the sounds of individual vowels in German are different than English. I think the below is correct (based on the 2 years of German I took in college 20+ years ago, so YMMV)…
German short I = English short I
German long I = English long E
German short E = English short E
German long E = a sound that English doesn't have
Curry and ketchup is a surprisingly good combination.
If you ever visit the netherlands, make sure you get one of these. Or better even: frietje oorlog (fries with war).
Fun Trivia: When Volkswagen announced that their canteen would offer vegetarian and vegan alternatives, Germany's ex chancellor Schröder made the headlines with deriding this decision and calling the sausage the "Kraftriegel der Arbeiter" (worker's power bar).
